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Cathe B wrote:
hi, I'm new to the group, and I'm trying to read enough to figure out who is into the flame wars, and who will be good for advising me. Welcome! -- jmk in NC |
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"Cathe B" wrote in message news hi, I'm new to the group, and I'm trying to read enough to figure out who is into the flame wars, and who will be good for advising me. So far, it's a lot less flame based than many other groups. I spent most of my childhood battling the pudgy kid look. As a gal in my twenties I slimmed down and dropped to a size five, staying that way for nearly fifteen years. When I hit thirty five, I started developing signs of a genetic illness, and ended up gaining nearly seventy pounds. I'm five foot three, (okay 5-2 and a half). Three years ago, I dropped sixty-three of the seventy pounds. I was able to keep all of it off, fortunately with little effort. It almost seemed that perimenopausal me was destined to be thinner. Then I got put on prednisone. I gained twenty pounds while on it, and then dropped fifteen, slowly, after getting off of it. Now I'm on specific pain and other medications, and I see that I've been steadily gaining at least two pounds a month in the last few months. I've cut WAY back on portions, and I've got an appointment with a nutritionist. Because of my illness, I'm losing ability to use my joints, and exercise is limited to isometrics and non-weight bearing strenghtening physical therapy. I'm getting married in April, and I want to get back to my "I feel great at this weight" feeling. That may mean I'm a size five again, or it may mean a seven. It just means I don't want to feel overweight and I don't want the joints to feel worse because I've gained so much on this medication. I know twenty pounds doesn't sound like a lot to most people, but on someone my frame, it's enormous. Any advice, help, and encouragement anyone can offer, I'm all for. I'll do the same. Thanks Cathe Welcome and good luck!! You'll get all sort of advice from here. Take it all with a grain of salt. Do your own research and do only what you feel is right for you. You will also get a tremendous amount of great support that will go farther then any advice sometimes. Cp |
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"Cathe B" wrote in message news hi, I'm new to the group, and I'm trying to read enough to figure out who is into the flame wars, and who will be good for advising me. So far, it's a lot less flame based than many other groups. I spent most of my childhood battling the pudgy kid look. As a gal in my twenties I slimmed down and dropped to a size five, staying that way for nearly fifteen years. When I hit thirty five, I started developing signs of a genetic illness, and ended up gaining nearly seventy pounds. I'm five foot three, (okay 5-2 and a half). Three years ago, I dropped sixty-three of the seventy pounds. I was able to keep all of it off, fortunately with little effort. It almost seemed that perimenopausal me was destined to be thinner. Then I got put on prednisone. I gained twenty pounds while on it, and then dropped fifteen, slowly, after getting off of it. Now I'm on specific pain and other medications, and I see that I've been steadily gaining at least two pounds a month in the last few months. I've cut WAY back on portions, and I've got an appointment with a nutritionist. Because of my illness, I'm losing ability to use my joints, and exercise is limited to isometrics and non-weight bearing strenghtening physical therapy. I'm getting married in April, and I want to get back to my "I feel great at this weight" feeling. That may mean I'm a size five again, or it may mean a seven. It just means I don't want to feel overweight and I don't want the joints to feel worse because I've gained so much on this medication. I know twenty pounds doesn't sound like a lot to most people, but on someone my frame, it's enormous. Any advice, help, and encouragement anyone can offer, I'm all for. I'll do the same. Thanks Cathe Welcome to asd Cathe Susan 280/187/140 |
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Ignoramus30209 wrote:
With 3 hours a day exercise, you hardly need good genetics... I forgot, are you at normal weight now? Or at least very close (considering your physical build)? If so, then I would not bother with trying to achieve the ideal perfect weight... i my body type took to exercise well.. I'm 134, and I want to be 120...it's because of my joint disease I need to drop so I'm physically not straining them as much. Cathe |
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Someone on this group will propogate a high saturated fat diet. This is great if you want to lose your gall bladder ASAP. I already lost mine and still get sick from too much saturated fat, plus regardless of what this person will tell you, it's not really advisable to go heavy on saturated fats. You seem to have enough experience with diet and weight loss to know that though. I've lost two friends who had ended up with blood clots on similar diets. One was 34 when she died. Insane. Lots of different approaches for lots of different people. The main thing I've learned and taken to heart is to find a Way of Eating (WOE) that is comfortable enough for you to stick with - forever (or until the next issue makes it necessary to change). HTH Jenn Great advice.... thanks! |
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Ignoramus3773 wrote:
In article t, Cathe B wrote: I've lost two friends who had ended up with blood clots on similar diets. One was 34 when she died. Insane. What happened to that friend? Did she have any health problems? i She went diet crazy and only did the bacon, meats, fats route, high proteins, no carbs, lots of eggs, etc etc... and sadly developed some blood clotting issues.. not sure how related they are, but she seemed fine before then. No clear proof, but since it happened that another friend got the same symptons on the same diet five months later, we kind of figured the diet helped make that happen. C |
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I tend to agree with that!
"Cathe B" wrote in message k.net... PL wrote: Hi Cathe! I'm pretty new here myself and the support I've gotten here has been a great help. I'm sure you'll find plenty of knowledgeable people willing to help you along. I just wanted to say welcome! I've been catching up on the posts and it seems like a great group of people. C |
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Cplus wrote:
You'll get all sort of advice from here. Take it all with a grain of salt. Do your own research and do only what you feel is right for you. You will also get a tremendous amount of great support that will go farther then any advice sometimes. VBG Cplus makes a good point here. Maybe we should all add YMMV to our sig files! - jmk in NC |
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Wellcome!! Please post often and stick around I've been here for a
very LONG while and this IS a very good group . Just read the ones who help you and stay away from the ones that don't ! Strength will come if you stay around with others who are going downthis same path . Good to meet you, Cathe !!!!! glo |
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Welcome, Cathe! Since I'm just catching up after a weekend away, for
now I'll just second what others have said. This is a great group. I've found so much help here and you will too. I'm sure I'll have more to say in the future :-) Chris 262/141/ (145-150) |
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